Randomization-based nonparametic methods for the analysis of multicentre trials

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-301

  La Vange, Lisa M ^a   Durham, Todd A ^a   Koch, Gary G ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; PLACEBO; NEW DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRY EYE; EYE BURNING; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCULAR PRURITUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PLACEBOS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444385439     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280205sm397oa     Document Type: Review

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